Rochus Kohlbach

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Rochus Kohlbach (born August 13, 1892 in Hirschegg , Styria , † February 14, 1964 in Graz ) was an Austrian Catholic clergyman, writer and art historian.

Life

Kohlbach received his doctorate in theology in 1927 . He then did a further training in journalism with Friedrich Funder in Vienna . In 1938 he became custodian at the Diözesanmuseum Graz and had to resign from this position after Austria was annexed to Germany. He was then interned for about three months in Mauthausen concentration camp and was then allowed to work as a pastor in Autal near Graz and in Sankt Martin am Wöllmißberg . In 1946 he was appointed cathedral capitular and was the cathedral priest in Graz Cathedral from 1946 to 1962 . From 1960 to 1964 he was again director of the Diocesan Museum.

Kohlbach was chairman of the Diocesan Art Council of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau . He was a member of the State Historical Commission for Styria . On May 30, 1937 he was a founding member of the Catholic Austrian Landsmannschaft Ferdinandea zu Graz.

Kohlbach was buried in the cemetery in Hirschegg.

Awards

Publications

  • The new Glockn. A rural spectacle based on contemporary motifs. Styria, Graz 1922, 2nd revised edition 1924.
  • When poets love. A bouquet of novellas. U. Moser, Graz 1925.
  • The village pastor. An idyllic cycle. Styria, Graz 1925.
  • Mother. A game of love in 5 pictures. Styria, Graz 1926.
  • Cross and feather. Press album for the Christian-German people. A celebration for the all-German Catholic Day in Vienna. Styria, Graz 1933.
  • Mountain farmer boy. Childhood in the Alps. Roman, The German Mountain Books - Volume 8, Styria, Graz 1938.
  • Graz Cathedral. The 5 account books of the Jesuits. Grazer Domverlag, Graz 1948.
  • The Gothic churches of Graz. Grazer Domverlag, Graz 1950.
  • The baroque churches of Graz. Grazer Domverlag, Graz 1951.
  • Styrian sculptor. From Roman stone to Rococo. With a handwritten foreword by Clemens Holzmeister , Grazer Domverlag, Graz 1957.
  • The Marienkirche on the Weizberg. The Thomaskirche in the Weizer Tabor. Weiz 1957.
  • Styrian builders. Grazer Domverlag, Graz 1961.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Festschrift “20 Years of Ferdinandea Graz”, self-published by the association, 1957. Page 7.
personal data
SURNAME Kohlbach, Rochus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Catholic clergyman, writer and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Hirschegg
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1964
Place of death Graz